Freddie Freeman is officially connected occurrence successful this World Series, arsenic different location tally led nan Los Angeles Dodgers to a Game 3 victory, 4-2, complete nan New York Yankees connected Monday nighttime astatine Yankee Stadium.
With nan win, the Dodgers are now conscionable 1 much distant from their first World Series title since 2020.
Freeman has now gone gait successful 5 consecutive World Series games, making love backmost to his clip pinch nan Atlanta Braves during their 2021 championship. He walked it disconnected successful Game 1 pinch his unthinkable expansive slam successful nan bottommost of nan 10th inning, and he followed it up successful Game 2 pinch a solo changeable successful that victory.
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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) hits a 2 tally location tally during nan first inning against nan New York Yankees successful crippled 3 of nan 2024 MLB World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images)
Freeman wasted nary clip successful Game 3, making nan astir of a missed location by Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt and depositing it into nan correct section seats for a two-run blast pinch 2 outs to put Los Angeles up 2-0 early successful this one.
Meanwhile, Dodgers starter Walker Buehler, pinch a roaring crowd successful nan Bronx, silenced them pinch 5 innings of two-hit shot pinch 5 strikeouts.
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Both of those hits came successful nan 5th inning, too, arsenic he was cruising while his discourtesy plated 1 much tally successful nan apical of nan 3rd inning acknowledgment to a Mookie Betts sawed-off azygous that scored Tommy Edman, and though he didn’t return for nan sixth inning, Kiké Hernández had an RBI azygous himself to make it 4-0.
Buehler’s fastball was intelligibly moving from nan commencement of this game, arsenic Yankee hitters couldn’t drawback up to it, which yet led to him utilizing his effective breaking pitches to his advantage. Just arsenic Jack Flaherty did successful Game 1, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto successful Game 2, a Dodgers starter was effective and allowed nan discourtesy to plaything freely knowing they had a coagulated instauration connected nan mound.
For nan Yankees, nan only discourtesy they could muster came connected their last out, arsenic Alex Verdugo parked a Michael Kopech transportation for a two-run location tally to enactment live successful nan game.
Aaron Judge, who has struggled mightily this postseason fto unsocial nan World Series, had a ton of unit entering Game 3 because he was 1-for-9 pinch six strikeouts successful nan first 2 games.
Unfortunately for nan Yankees, he couldn’t find it either successful Game 3, going 0-for-3 pinch different strikeout and a walk.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler (21) pitches during nan first inning against nan New York Yankees successful crippled 3 of nan 2024 MLB World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
The Yankees came adjacent to scoring earlier successful this 1 successful nan bottommost of nan 5th inning, erstwhile Giancarlo Stanton yet sewage nan Yankees successful nan deed file pinch a double to near field. Anthony Volpe laced a azygous pinch 2 outs to near field, but Stanton, who isn’t nan astir fleet of foot, was waved location by 3rd guidelines coach Luis Rojas.
Teoscar Hernandez had nan cleanable propulsion to home, arsenic Will Smith ne'er had to move his mitt arsenic he caught nan shot and applied nan tag to extremity nan inning.
At that moment, nan crowd, which had gotten backmost into nan crippled arsenic nan Yankees showed life astatine nan dish, went silenced erstwhile much arsenic nan Dodgers continued to play exceptional baseball.
Stanton went 2-for-4 connected nan night, while only Volpe, Anthony Rizzo and Verdugo had a hit.
Brusdar Graterol, Alex Vesia, Daniel Hudson, Anthony Banda, and Ryan Braiser kept nan scoreless streak going for nan Dodgers until Kopech's blemish to Verdugo.
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates aft hitting a 2 tally location tally during nan first inning against nan New York Yankees successful crippled 3 of nan 2024 MLB World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images)
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New York can’t fto that hap again, arsenic they will request to rip disconnected 4 consecutive games if they wish to telephone themselves world champions.
Meanwhile, nan Dodgers will beryllium hunting for nan expanse connected Tuesday nighttime successful nan Bronx.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.